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2023 Best Value Homeland Security Associate Degree Schools in Florida

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$6,647 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,725 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Homeland Security Associate Degree School for You

Homeland Security is the #91 most popular major in Florida with 417 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Homeland Security Associate Degree Schools in Florida ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Florida to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for homeland security students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Homeland Security Associate Degree Schools in Florida

Check out the homeland security associate degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Florida Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Homeland Security

#1

St Petersburg College

Clearwater, FL

Our 2023 rankings named St Petersburg College the best value school in Florida for homeland security students working on their associate degree. SPC is a very large public school located in the city of Clearwater.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SPC are $2,682 a year.

SPC also made our Best Homeland Security Associate Degree Schools in Florida list, coming in at #5.

Read full report on Homeland Security at St Petersburg College

Out of the 5 schools in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida State College at Jacksonville landed the # 2 spot on the list. FSCJ is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Jacksonville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at FSCJ are $2,657 a year.

Read full report on Homeland Security at Florida State College at Jacksonville

#3

Indian River State College

Fort Pierce, FL

The excellent associate degree programs at Indian River State College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value homeland security schools in Florida. Located in the suburb of Fort Pierce, Indian River State College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Indian River State College are $2,764 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Indian River State College also did well on our Best Homeland Security Associate Degree Schools in Florida list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Out of the 5 schools in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwest Florida State College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Niceville, NWFSC is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NWFSC are $3,133 per year.

Full Homeland Security at Northwest Florida State College Report

#5

Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Homeland Security Associate Degree Schools in Florida list. Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Fort Lauderdale.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale are $22,000 per year. The average amount in student loans that homeland security majors at Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale take out while working on their Associate Degree is $27,459.

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Best Value Homeland Security Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Homeland Security Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 39
Virginia 124
North Carolina 108
Tennessee 52
Kentucky 70
South Carolina 46
Louisiana 31
Arkansas 63
Alabama 343
West Virginia 871

One of 4 majors within the area of study, homeland security has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice & Corrections 113,121
Fire Protection 13,766
Security Science and Technology 6,888
Other Homeland Security 1,695

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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